colluctationn.
/kɒlʌkˈteɪʃən/ archaic.
a. A wrestling or struggling together; strife, conflict, opposition.
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society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > [noun]
i-winc888
wrestlingc890
fightc1000
flitec1000
teenOE
winOE
ungrithlOE
wara1200
cockingc1225
strife?c1225
strivingc1275
struta1300
barratc1300
thro1303
battlec1375
contentionc1384
tuggingc1440
militationa1460
sturtc1480
bargain1487
bargaining1489
distrifea1500
concertation1509
hold1523
conflict1531
ruffle1532
tangling1535
scamblingc1538
tuilyie1550
bustling1553
tilt1567
ruffling1570
wresting1570
certationc1572
pinglinga1578
reluctation1593
combating1594
yoking1594
bandying1599
tention1602
contrast1609
colluctation1611
contestationa1616
dimication1623
rixation1623
colluctance1625
decertation1635
conflicting1640
contrasto1645
dispute1647
luctation1651
contest1665
stickle1665
contra-colluctation1674
contrasting1688
struggle1706
yed1719
widdle1789
scrambling1792
cut and thrust1846
headbutting1869
push-and-pull1881
contending1882
thrust and parry1889
aggro1973
1611 R. Bolton Disc. State True Happiness 115 Strugling and colluctation with his owne corruptions.
a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1959) IV. 292 Colluctations betweene the flesh, and the Spirit.
1668 J. Howe Blessedness of Righteous Disc. (1825) 85 Any colluctation with contrary principles.
1818 C. Lamb Char. Dramatic Writers in Wks. II. 41 Faustus's last scene..is indeed an agony and a fearful colluctation.
b. transferred in Physics, of particles in motion.
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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > heat > transmission of heat > [noun] > conflict of moving particles
colluctancy1664
colluctation1693
1693 J. Ray Three Physico-theol. Disc. (ed. 2) ii. v. 195 A colluctation of parts after the manner of fermentation.
1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 144 Hot Springs, do not owe their Heat to any Colluctation or Effervescence of the Minerals in them.
1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. IV. xlix. 405 A vibratory colluctation takes place.
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